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APPLICAWON men SEPL rm L @Gau UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE;

FRANK J. TONE AND EDMUND s. SMITH, or NIAeAaA FALLS, NEW YORK, AssIGNons To THE CARBORUNDUM COMPANY, or NIAGARA FALLS, NEW Yoan, A CORPORA- TII'IQN OF PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application tiled September 25, 1917. Serial BT01511080.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK J. TONE and EDMUND S. SMITH, both citizens of the United States, and residing at Niagara Falls, in the county of Niagara and State of New York,have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Cans, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, re erence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 is a plan View partially in section of one form of our improved can, with one' of the covers removed.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line II-II of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a plan view-of the bottom' forming member, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bottom forming member after it has been folded to form the partition.

This invention relates to an improvement in cans and is designed to provide a cheap and eiicient can having two compartments which are separated from each other by a partition, which isformed integrally With one of the can forming members.

The precise nature of our invention will be best understood byy reference to the accompanying drawings which will now be described it being premised, however, that various c anges may be made in the details of construction of the can forming members without departing from the spirit and scope of our invention as defined in the appended claims, Y

. In the drawings the reference character 2 designates the bottom member, which is provided with'a partition member formed by folding the central portion of the bottom upon itself. l designates the top member and 5 the removable covers which are secured by fric-tion. in the seats 6 formed in the top member. 7 is the body member which is secured to the top and bottom members by means of clenched seams 8. If desired the partition member 3 may be soldered to the top and the side member, but this 1s not l Specification of Iletters Patent. i

vmay be done either before or after si 1red manner.

essential if the 'can is to be used for articles whlch are non-fluid, as a fairly tight joint can be made between the edges of the partition and' the other members without the use of solder. In constructing the article, We take `a blank such as shown in Fig. 3, and fold it on the lines A, B and C to form the partition. The body member 7 is then secured to the top member 4 and the bottom member 2 by means of the usual seams, the crimping along the lines D and E of Fig. 3

the `folding of the bottom member.

It will be readily understood that the various members may be of different shapes than those shown in the drawings, and that they may be'connected to each other in any de- `It will also be understood that the partition member may be formed integrally with one of the other members of the structure.

The advantages of our inventionresult from the provision of a can having a partition therein which is formed integrally with one of the forming members which has been bent at an` angle to the line of extension of said .forming member.

W e claim:

1. A canl having a'plurality of separatel compartments, comprising top, bottom and body members, the to and bottom members being secured to tile body member by clenched seams, and a partition between said members separating one compartment from the other and formed integrally with Ithe bottoni member; substantially as described.

2. A can having a plurality of separate compartments, comprising top, bottom and body members, the top and bottom members being secured to the body member by clenched seams, and a partition separating one connoartment from thc other extending from the top member to the bottom member and formed integrally with one of said members; substantially as described.

3. A can having a plurality ot separate compartments, comprising a top, bottom and Patented June s, 1919. i

portion folded upon itself, Suid folded por to the bod)v portion, substantially as detion being .:1i, ;ht1t\lY narrower than the main scribed. portion and extending` from the bottoni to n testimony whereof, we have hereunto 10 the top of theoun, and from one side to the eet our hands.

5 other within the can to form a partition therein`r und clenched eezuns securing the top FRANK J. TONE. to the body portion and the bottom portion EDMUN D S. SMITH. 

